Buying an FRP or Carbon Bonnet From Japan: Prices and Shipping (2026)

A new ORIGIN Labo. Type 2 bonnet for the S13, S14, S15, 180SX or JZX100 costs ¥82,300 (about $514) in FRP or ¥98,800 (about $618) in carbon, ex Japanese tax, and the maker’s shop ships it only inside Japan. Getting it to you means a long box that EMS may refuse, so the freight route matters as much as the part price. Every price and limit here was checked on the official pages on 7 October 2026.

A bonnet (hood) is the aero part that looks easy and ships hard. It is light, but it is big, flat and fragile at the edges. Prices are the maker’s list with the 10% consumption tax taken off, because export sales are tax-free, the same way as in our ORIGIN Labo. price list. Dollars use ¥160 to $1.

What does a new ORIGIN Labo. bonnet cost?

ORIGIN Labo. sells three bonnet styles. FRP comes in white gel-coat, ready for paint. Carbon comes in black weave. The price depends on the style, not the car.

Every bonnet has a CB code. The S15 Type 2 is CB-14, the S13 Type 1 is CB-01, and the carbon Type 3 bonnets are CBV codes. The maker’s own page for the S15 Type 2 says the underside has a frame for strength and the factory bonnet catch still works. You can see each one with its code on our catalogue, for example the S15 Type 2 bonnet page.

What does a used bonnet cost in Japan?

There is no single fair price. Used bonnets on Yahoo! Auctions and Mercari range from genuine branded carbon to tired FRP copies, and the condition swings the value more than the brand does. So we do not quote a median here. Use the method instead.

Compare what you find with the new price in the table. A used carbon bonnet close to ¥98,800 has to be clearly better than a new FRP one at ¥82,300 plus paint. Words like ジャンク and 現状渡し are decoded in what ジャンク means on Yahoo! Auctions. If the listing says “Origin style”, read genuine ORIGIN Labo. vs replica kits first.

What goes wrong with an FRP or carbon bonnet?

Some tracks have their own bonnet rules: Nikko and Tsukuruma ban running with the bonnet off, as listed in our noise limits and tech rules guide. For road use at home, check your local rules.

How does a bonnet ship from Japan?

Start inside Japan. The maker’s shop bills every bonnet as a 220-size oversized item and sends it by Seino Transportation to a business address or a Seino depot. To Kanto that is ¥5,940, against ¥20,240 to a private home, which the shop marks as not recommended. It does not ship abroad.

Then the export leg. These are the limits that decide the route:

DHL also adds JPY3,300 per piece once the longest side passes 100 cm. A bonnet is mostly air, so the volumetric weight usually beats the scale weight. Run the box size through the formula before you compare quotes. The full maths is in shipping oversized JDM parts, and the route choice is in EMS vs courier vs sea. Duty depends on your country: see the import duty guide.

If you are also buying a bumper or fenders, they can go in the same crate as the bonnet. Our used front bumper guide covers that part.

Where do overseas buyers get stuck?

At the condition check. A bonnet’s real problems sit at the edges, the hinge mounts and the latch area, and seller photos rarely show them. You cannot see the part before you pay, and a crack found after a sea crossing is very expensive to fix.

For live used-part prices on other big items, the parts price index is updated every month, and every new ORIGIN Labo. part is on the catalogue by chassis.